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Lab number
RIDDL-546
Material dated
caribou bone collagen; collagène osseux de caribou
Taxa dated
Rangifer tarandus humerus
Locality
on the north shore of Harrowby Bay, about 1.8 km east of the mouth of North Star Harbour, Cape Bathurst Peninsula, Arctic coast, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
97 F/04
Submitter
R. Le Blanc
Date submitted
October 19, 0097
Normalized Age
3160 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
culture?
Context
cultural layer in eroding terrace face
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus
Additional information
AMS date.
Comments
ObRw-3: No distinctive artifacts were found to indicate cultural affiliation, but the date and evidence just upstream on the Old Horton River Channel suggest a possible Palaeoeskimo presence.

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